My Nearly New Honda Africa Twin

[underwhelmist]

nigelpugh7 said:

These next photos won’t be so inspirational sadly, I did something stupid with my bike today!

Uh oh. Hope it didn't hurt, and is easily fixable.

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ardmore said:

FWIW mine is an ‘18 manual, bought similar to yours at under 500 miles old. Now over 12K and I love it to bits! Best mod for me was the rugged roads air dam, cheap and effective against wind buffeting which seems to come up past the forks. Heed crash bars are a good upgrade over the standard ones for off road. The little SW motech tank bag is ace. Cool Covers seat cover I really like for longer distance summer rides. Been to Alps, Mallorca, Pyrenees, Wales etc on it, plenty off off road too and the bike has been spot on for all. The original Dunlop tyres were horrible! Ditch asap IMHO. Currently have Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR fitted, and have had Metzeller Karoo Street, both very good.
Like many of us I had the old 750 Africa Twin back in the day, lovely bikes and beautifully built. Saw the ‘new’ ATAS in the dealers, got all nostalgic, and had to have one in those colours! Yours is a beauty... Enjoy!

Great background story bud thanks for sharing.

And yes those tyres will be changed soon, Pirelli rally str sounds like a good choice!

[nigelpugh7]

ardmore said:

Oh no! Hope all is ok?

Yep all good, was experimenting with some on board video with my Garmin Virb Ulra 30 Action cam.

It’s now an Ultra flat action cam!

[nigelpugh7]

underwhelmist said:

Uh oh. Hope it didn't hurt, and is easily fixable.

Yep no damage to me or the bike thankfully.

I thought it was time to get some video of me on a ride out.

I know I thought, I will use my Garmin Virb action cam.

Then I had another bright idea, which as it turns out was to be my downfall.

So I have had my Garmin action cam for probably 5 years now, it been on an off three of my different Caterham models, mounted to the roll bar, mounted in the cabin, mounted on my helmet.

Track days, sprints, hill climbs , tours all around wales etc, trips to France and back, never once an issue.

But mounted on the back of my bike yesterday, one quick test ride, mounted on the rack on the back, came home after about 25 miles, and it’s no longer there, gone.

Went out to retrace the route with my daughter, and then it was 1/2 a mile up the road from home.

Clearly after failing off my bike it had been run over several times!

RIP Garmin Virb.

[jjones]

Ouch, still it is more in keeping with the pictures ardmore posted

[nigelpugh7]

I’ve read that the replacement headlight is over £1K from the Honda dealers, so didn’t want to risk that.

Got myself one of these Puig headlight protectors.



Very sexy box too!

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And here it is in the process of being fitted.







For something that only has four screws to Mount it, it sure was a hell of a pain in the arse to fit I can tell you!!

[nigelpugh7]

And here it is finally fitted.

It’s one of those famous 15 minutes jobs that turns in to 2 Hours!

[nigelpugh7]

Another poor weather day, walked the dog at lunchtime an got pelted with hailstones!

So another garage day, this time to fit the fender extender!



Off with the mudguard, can’t believe how much dirt is under there!

[nigelpugh7]

nigelpugh7 said:

And here it is in the process of being fitted.







For something that only has four screws to Mount it, it sure was a hell of a pain in the arse to fit I can tell you!!

That’s odd I wonder what’s happened to my pictures?

[nigelpugh7]

I did take a few better pictures recently, only on my driveway though.




I will post this to see if the pictures are working again.

[nigelpugh7]

And another one.



Hope it displays.

[nigelpugh7]

nigelpugh7 said:

And another one.



Hope it displays.

Odd that one is awol now too!!

[nigelpugh7]

nigelpugh7 said:

Odd that one is awol now too!!

And now they have all come back, perhaps the hamsters are spinning in the wheel at PH Servers again now?

[nigelpugh7]

Trying one more.

[Rosscow]

Pictures all working for me, Nigel.

Bike looks stunning!

[nigelpugh7]

Rosscow said:

Pictures all working for me, Nigel.

Bike looks stunning!

Cheers for the comment bud!

It’s good to know that the pictures can be seen again now, so thanks for letting me know that too!

[tight fart]

Small upgrade on mine today , I couldn’t stomach the best part of £1k on cruise control so I’ll see how I get on with a throttle stop.

[ChocolateFrog]

Nice bike.

Got to be one of the best factory colour schemes for sale at the moment.

[Powderpuff]

Didn't realise you were a motorcyclist too Nigel, looks nice if a little tall for short arses like me